[FoxHunt] cw id on 146.565

Ray Brown kb0stn at sbcglobal.net
Sat Nov 5 22:04:50 EST 2005


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason K" <j390fe at yahoo.com>

>   Long time, no activity! :-)  Today while scanning the band I came across a
> cw id on 146.565. I grabbed my tape measure beam and
> found the strongest signal to the west of me (Creston, Iowa). It turns out
> it was an id'er for a weather balloon flying over Omaha. Over 100 miles west
> of me!

  Could it possibly have been WY0F ? They had a near-space balloon
that launched west of Omaha. It was recovered successfully. :-)

                _Ray_        KBØSTN
            (nowhere near Omaha :-)







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